(All links last checked April, 2011)
This page gives just a small selection of general/local/beginner sites. If I've missed any sites out that you feel ought to be included,
General interest:- English Chess Federation, and the Junior Chess section of their website.
- UK Chess Challenge
- London Junior Chess Championships
- British Chess Magazine
Other associations:
- Berkshire Chess Association (some older juniors play for Berks clubs ...)
- Chiltern League (... and also for Berkshire against Bucks, Hants and Oxon)
- Southern Counties Chess Union (BJCA is now affiliated, although not the BCA - no-one seems to know why?)
- EPSCA (English Primary School Chess Association)
- NYCA (National Youth Chess Association)
Neighbouring county junior chess sites:
- Barnet Knights
- Bucks Youth Chess Association (site recently revived)
- Hampshire Junior Chess
- Hertfordshire Junior Chess
- Kent Junior Chess Association
- Oxfordshire Chess (includes info on Oxon schools league and junior clubs)
- Richmond Junior Chess Club
- Surrey (Wey Valley) Junior Chess (up to Under 11)
- Surrey Youth Chess (for older age groups)
- Sussex Junior Chess
- Wiltshire Junior Chess
Improve your game...
- LV= Certificate of Merit scheme - Test your chess understanding and knowledge on-line!
- Chess Kids Academy
- CHESSOPS - A Basic Guide To Chess Openings (in quaint descriptive, rather than algebraic, notation)
- Exeter Chess Club (lot of useful content for beginners)
- 50 Chess Games for Beginners
If you would like a link to your site to be listed, just email with the details.